Man With Pizza Cutter Tried To Break Luigi Mangione Out Of NYC Jail: Reports

NEW YORK CITY — A 36-year-old man has been charged after trying to break Luigi Mangione out of jail in Brooklyn by attempting to impersonate an FBI agent.

Mark Anderson, of Minnesota, was charged with impersonating a federal agent after he walked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn and claimed to be an FBI agent with a court order to release Mangione, according to multiple media reports.

According to ABC News, Anderson claimed to have paperwork authorizing the release of Mangione. When asked by federal authorities to provide credentials, Anderson allegedly showed them his Minnesota driver's license.

He is accused of throwing stacks of papers at BOP officers, who found a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter inside the bag he was carrying. Anderson was promptly taken into custody.

The incident happened before Mangione's appearance in federal court on Friday.

The 27-year-old is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown in December 2024 and then leading police on a five-day manhunt.

Mangione also faces charges in Pennsylvania for possessing an illegal gun and giving a fake ID to the police.

Anderson had been working in a pizza parlor in the city before the incident, the New York Post reported.

Prosecutors on Wednesday requested to move up Mangione's state trial to July months before he would stand trial in federal court.

Anderson is expected to appear in court later on Thursday.